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- Subject: Re: I am stumped, please help!
- Message-ID: <1993Jan1.021341.13356@bsu-ucs>
- Date: 1 Jan 93 07:13:41 GMT
- References: <678@thunder.LakeheadU.Ca> <1992Dec31.104837.26510@physchem.ox.ac.uk> <1992Dec31.153651.24428@cs.brown.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec31.153651.24428@cs.brown.edu>, hm@cs.brown.edu (Harry Mamaysky) writes:
- > In article <678@thunder.LakeheadU.Ca>, tmabthor@flash.LakeheadU.Ca (Thomas M. Abthorpe) writes:
- >> I was posed with this question recently and I cannot find an answer, my
- >> online dictionary does not give the solution...
- >>
- >> There are three words in the English language that end in 'gry'...
- >>
- >> hungry
- >> angry
- >> *gry
- >>
- >> Whatever might it be?
- >
- > Well, in the online 7th edition of Webster's dictionary, I only got
- > back two words with "gry" at the end: angry and hungry. Perhaps
- > evidence that a third does not exist - at least according to Webster.
- >
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- Isn't Webster's the american dictionary? perhaps it's an uniquely english
- term or city. but it might be something altogether different, such as
- phonetics, or more like a riddle....
-
- note a word could also pose a statement or question that might end in
- "Gee, are why?" (I know it doesnt' make sense but it's just the beginnings
- of an attempt to solve it... Ideas anyone?)
-